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U.S. Government Removes Export Control Barriers for U.S. Companies Participating in Standards-Setting Bodies

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The U.S. government’s primary export control regulator – the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Commerce Department – issued a new rulemaking to remove barriers from U.S. companies’ participation in...more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - G7

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The G7's AI regulations mandate Member States' compliance with international human rights law and relevant international frameworks. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) The G7 nations have...more

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HKEx Moves Forward With Diversity, Climate and Sustainability Initiatives

In recent years, investors and other members of the public have been focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and financial regulators globally having been taking initiatives to require companies to meet...more

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BIMCO Submits Document To IMO Regarding Inconsistencies Between Hong Kong And Basel Conventions

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The Baltic and International Maritime Council ("BIMCO"), in conjunction with Bangladesh, India, Norway, Pakistan and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), submitted a document to the International Maritime Organization...more

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FDA Aligns U.S. Medical Device Quality System Regulation with International Standards

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On February 2, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule amending the device good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements of the Quality System Regulation (QSR) and harmonizing them with...more

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Private Funds in Ireland: A New Unauthorised Fund Structure?

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The Minister for Finance on 21 December 2023 published a Progress Update on the review underway of the funds sector in Ireland (the “Review”). As part of the Review, a public consultation took place over the summer with the...more

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International Guiding Principles and Cybersecurity Guidelines for AI Actors Adopted by G7 and Other Major Economies

During the last weeks of 2023, the international community announced several initiatives designed to establish common standards for AI actors to implement in their development and use of AI. On October 30, 2023, the leaders...more

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Happy birthday, ChatGPT! Celebrating 1 year with the top 10 milestones in AI governance

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A year in review for the ChatGPT (chatbot generative pre-trained transformer) — and a look ahead at the global response to AI & which governance “guardrails” are required. On November 30th, 2023, the world will celebrate...more

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RCRA Corrosivity Hazardous Waste Characteristic: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Denial of Petition Requesting Expansion

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“Court”) addressed in a July 25th decision an issue involving the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) hazardous waste characteristic of corrosivity....more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: December 13, 2022

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include: ...more

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[Webinar] Exploring the New ISO Standard on Information Governance - December 1st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Join a panel of information governance experts as they unpack and discuss the new International Standard for Information Governance (ISO 24143) from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Business people...more

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The Metaverse: Metaverse Standards Forum and the Benefits of Standards Development Organizations

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The Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF) was announced on June 21, 2022. The MSF aims to "foster interoperability standards for an open metaverse," and its existence could accelerate developing metaverse technologies. This post...more

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Se reglamentarán los bonos con destinación específica en Colombia

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La Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) ha publicado un proyecto de Circular Externa mediante el cual definiría el contenido que debe ser incluido en el prospecto de información de los bonos con destinación...more

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Environmental Management Systems Bridge the Gap between ESG Goals and Implementation

An EMS is a straightforward and effective strategy to implement Environmental Social and Governance principles and enhance their performance. An EMS can help businesses ensure that their ESG programs are in compliance with...more

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The Wait is Over: FDA Releases Proposed Rule to Align the U.S. Medical Device Quality Regulation with International Standards

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On February 23, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register, 87 Fed. Reg. 10119, the long-awaited proposed rule, Medical Devices; Quality System Regulation Amendments (Docket No....more

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IFC Releases Guidelines for Blue Finance

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, released its Guidelines for Blue Finance (Guidelines) in January 2022. The Guidelines set forth the framework for structuring, evaluating and...more

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OECD Recommendation Encourages Demand Side Bribery Enforcement

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On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more

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Global Climate Change Cooperation: Takeaways from COP26 for Regulated Entities

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Upon taking office in January, the Biden Administration immediately prioritized climate change and environmental justice, fulfilling President Biden’s campaign promise. In the past two weeks, President Biden reiterated those...more

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Part 6 of 6: Amendments to Hong Kong Data Protection Law to Cover Doxxing

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In light of the prevalence of doxxing and cyber harassment in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government is keen to step up the efforts to curb the dissemination of personal data which is done to harass or harm to data subjects. It...more

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Basel Committee Proposes Risk-Based Regulatory Capital Treatment for Many Cryptoassets

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee), a committee of global central bankers and regulators, issued a Consultative Document on June 10 on the prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures for...more

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German court exercises universal jurisdiction: Implications for corporate criminal liability under international law

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On 24 February 2021, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Koblenz sentenced a former Syrian secret police officer to a prison term of four and a half years for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity (judgment...more

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Singapore Encourages Investment Toward Decarbonizing Shipping - Part of the Jones Day Carbon Disruption series.

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The Situation: Currently, around 90% of world trade is by sea. International shipping accounts for between 2% and 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but like aviation, the sector's emissions are not covered by the 2015...more

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Hong Kong’s Reform of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “PDPO”): Bridging Troubled Waters

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On Monday 20 January, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (“CMAB”), jointly with the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”), presented a paper outlining topics for review of the PDPO to the members of the...more

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The Global Sustainable Finance Movement

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The present and future impacts of climate change, human rights violations, environmental, labor and regulatory violations and poor corporate governance on the quality of investments and credit risks have spurred widespread...more

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Do Companies Need a Written Security Information Plan?

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As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

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